The full edition
Wednesday, 26 August 2026
25 pieces published that day.
- Chronicle · Lead Story
Islamabad, fire in public hospital nursery: at least fourteen newborns dead
The blaze broke out at dawn on 26 August in the neonatal ward of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences. The Health Minister confirms fourteen victims, a local broadcaster puts the figure at fifteen. The prime minister has ordered an immediate inquiry.
- Italy · Analysis
Council of Ministers at 6pm on two decrees: fuel prices and strategic plants
The 17-cent discount on diesel expires today. Palazzo Chigi has called an evening meeting with a decree law on oil prices and a second measure on the operational continuity of strategically important plants on the agenda.
- Italy · Analysis
Excise duties, the Council of Ministers extends the diesel discount to September 5
The decree law approved on the evening of August 26 extends by ten days the 17-cent cut due to expire. After that date the government announces support measures reserved for lower income brackets, with forms and funding still to be specified.
- Italy · Analysis
Former Ilva, candidates rise to four: Czech firm CE Industries joins the race
Urso announces from the Rimini Meeting the entry of a fourth European party into the race for former Ilva: it is the Prague-based holding company founded by Jaroslav Strnad, which does not produce steel. Meanwhile, the Italian consortium gains access to the data room.
- Europe · Analysis
Iceland votes Saturday on reopening negotiations with the European Union
The August 29 referendum does not concern membership but the mandate to resume talks with Brussels, stalled since 2013. The result is consultative, the government has pledged to respect it, and polls show a divided country.
- World & Geopolitics · Analysis
Moscow, Damascus, Bogotá: three August 26 stories with no public documents
An unannounced mission by the CIA director to Russia, Syria's removal from the American list of state sponsors of terrorism, the announcement of mass expulsions in Colombia. Three reported facts, no verifiable act.
- World & Geopolitics · Analysis
Riga confirms: drone shot down over Rugāji was Ukrainian and entered from Belarus
The Latvian Armed Forces announced on August 20 that the unmanned aircraft destroyed on August 14 in the Balvi novads was Ukrainian, having entered Latvian airspace from Belarusian territory, likely as a result of Russian electronic warfare. No details on the model.
- Economy & Markets · Analysis
Canada responds to American tariffs: counter-tariffs on 27.6 billion in goods from September 8
Ottawa has published the list: 874 items of US products hit with rates of 15, 25 or 50 percent starting September 8. Only goods already subject to American surtaxes, plus 7.5 billion in support for businesses and workers.
- Sport · Analysis
The US Open kicks off with mixed doubles: shortened format and a wild card for Errani and Vavassori
The last Grand Slam tournament of the year began on August 25 in New York with the mixed doubles event, played over two days with sets to four games. Three Italians advanced in the men's qualifying.
- Health · Analysis
Ebola in Congo, 70,000 doses of Ervebo allocated: WHO warns that the effect on the Bundibugyo strain is not known
Twenty thousand doses go to a phase 3 clinical trial, fifty thousand to healthcare workers. The campaign uses ring vaccination. Africa CDC believes transmission has not yet peaked.
- Zero's Briefs
Zero's Briefs
Eight news items from the afternoon of August 26: the death of Dolly Parton, the closure of Mechanical Turk, European oversight of artificial intelligence, West Nile data, Nepal, Taranto, Rimini and Hormuz.
- Editorial
A signed decree, a fire in Islamabad
The second edition updates seven sections: the heaviest news comes from Pakistan, the most verifiable from Palazzo Chigi. The rest of the day remains as reported at 6:30.
- World & Geopolitics · Lead Story
US Treasury threatens sanctions against third countries over Iran, Tehran opens a passage at Hormuz
Scott Bessent announced a new package of measures against Tehran and the possibility of hitting those who do not reduce economic ties with Iran. Meanwhile some Iraqi oil tankers were granted passage through the Strait.
- Italy · Analysis
Excise duty cuts extended until today, government works on flexible excise duty and a contribution from oil companies
With petrol and diesel above two euros per litre, the government has extended the discount due to expire on August 24, and is studying how to fund its continuation with extra VAT revenue.
- Europe · Analysis
Brussels rules out a European tax on energy windfall profits: competence remains with member states
The Commission responded on August 25 to a letter from six governments, including Italy and Germany: no common levy on oil companies, individual countries can act using national fiscal instruments.
- World & Geopolitics · Analysis
Hormuz: Iran and Oman announce joint temporary corridor and mine clearance
Reuters reports on August 26 the resumption of talks between Tehran and Muscat. Following the Araghchi–al-Busaidi meeting of August 25, the two ministries speak of a shared passage for commercial vessels and mine clearance. On the same day a tanker was left unable to navigate off the coast of Oman.
- Chronicle · Analysis
Explosion at the Amur gas chemical complex construction site: four different tolls in a single day
On August 25 an explosion followed by a fire hit the plant under construction in Russia's Far East. The company reports one dead and 104 people assisted; a television outlet reports five victims.
- Economy & Markets · Analysis
Wall Street rebounds on August 25 driven by semiconductors, with Pce and Nvidia earnings on the horizon
S&P 500 at 7,677.28 points and Nasdaq up 0.66% after the previous day's negative session. Treasury yields fall for the second consecutive time.
- Culture · Analysis
At Karahantepe, an 11,000-year-old statue, and a Roman wreck coated in pitch and wax
Turkey's ministry announces the discovery of a human figure seated on a leopard; another research group has reconstructed the waterproofing techniques of a ship dating back 2,200 years. Both stories come from a single source.
- Sport · Analysis
At the Mediterranean Games Italy closes swimming with 51 medals out of 105 awarded
In Taranto the swimming programme concluded on 25 August: sixteen Italian podiums on the final day, almost half of the discipline's overall medals, and the top of the general medal table with double the medals of Turkey.
- Health · Analysis
At least 35,000 excess deaths in Europe in the summer of back-to-back heatwaves
National mortality surveillance systems point to more than 35,000 excess deaths linked to heat. In Spain, the MoMo system estimates 4,947 attributable deaths, above the previous 2022 record.
- Tech & AI · Analysis
OpenAI launches a version of ChatGPT for teenagers and a deal with CodeAI on schools
The company announces a product dedicated to students with specific protections and parental controls, alongside a partnership to bring artificial intelligence training into classrooms. All information comes from company press releases.
- Film & Entertainment · Analysis
Venice 83 opens on September 1 with the restoration of Tinto Brass's "Col cuore in gola"
The pre-opening evening at the Sala Darsena presents the world premiere of the 4K version of the 1967 film, restored by the Cineteca Nazionale with the support of Netflix, within the Venezia Classici section.
- Zero's Briefs
Zero's Briefs
Fifteen stories from around the world: pensions, European defence, a meeting in Moscow reported by Russian agencies, a tornado in the Aude, Chinese robotics and the season's last Slam.
- Editorial
Announcements, tolls and figures that do not match
Three stories today share the same problem: the news exists, the document backing it does not. That is the reason behind this edition's hierarchy.